Improvement in cordage machinery



UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

HEZEKIAH T. JENNINGS AND CHARLES SCOLLIER, OF BETHANY, AND THOMAS P. HOV, OF BUFFALO, NEV YORK.

iMPROVEMENT IN CORDAGE NiACHiNi-IRY.

Speeication forming part of Letters Patent No. 9,111 het, dated November' 16, i852.

T0 LZ/ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, l-.IEZEKIAH T. JEN- NINGs and CHARLEs S. COLLIER, of Bethany, in the county of Genesee and State of New York, and THOMAS P, HOW, of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Machinery for Making Rope; au d we hereby declare that the following` is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure l is a side elevation of the machine showing its construction and the manner of its operation.

A A A are creelsor spool-boxes to contain the bobbins B B, which hold the yarn to make the rope. These creeis we usually make of Wood iu a substantial manner, and fasten centrally to each end metallic bearings,which revolve in the posts D D. The relative position of the creeis and the gearing by which they are driven is shown by Fig. 2, which is a vertical transverse section of the machine to the left of the line x x. The bearings at the ends of the creeis nearest this line are made hollow to allow a strand of the rope to pass through, and in each of these holes is inserted a tu be E, (shown by dotted lin es,) of the proper caliber to allow the strand to be drawn through by the exertion of considerable force. These tubes are not a part of the creeis or of the bearings which support them, but are a separate concern, which may be changed so as to make larger or smaller sizes of rope.

B B are bobbins or spools which hold the yarn of which the rope is to be made. From these the yarn passes through a perforated plate ot' metal G intended to keep the threads separate to prevent their becoming tangled. From this plate the yarn passes through the tubes E above mentioned, and thence over the laying-block H, and through the hollow journal at the end of the reel box or frame I to the governing-roller J, after passing over which it takes a turn round the capstan K, and also round the eapstan L, and passes over the pulleys or rollers M and N to the receiving-reel O. The rope may pass around the first or Iirst and second capstans before it passes over the governingroller J, which might be sometimes advisable in the manu facture of very heavy rope, a loose roller being introduced near the eapstan K for the rope to pass over immediately before it passes over the governing-roller J.

Pis a small stationary wheel fastened to the post Q.

A spur and bevel wheel R is placed on a stationary journal on the end of the reel-box I. It meshes into the wheel P and operates as a planet-wheel. lt drives the capstan K, which gives motion to the capstau L.

The manner of gearing the reel-box to the driving-shaft is fully shown in Fig. 3, which is a vertical transverse section to the right of the line Y Y.

S is the driving-wheel.

T is a wheel to reverse the motion. It meshes into the wheel U on the shaft of the reel-box I, revolving it in the same direction that the creeis A A A revolve.

The wheel U drives the wheel V on the shaft XV to give motion to the cone a. From this a belt l) communicates mot-ion to the cone c, which is geared at d to the hollow shaft of the receiving-reel O. The motion thus given to the receiving-reel is regulated by the tension of the rope on the governing-roller J acting against the weight e.

ff is a rod which passes through the hoilow shaft of the receiving-reel O, and is a part of the connection between the roller J and the weight e.

rl`wo bars g g are fastened to the rod f f in such a manner as to allow the rod to turn freely; but not to slide endwise without sliding the bars g g, which are kept from turning with the rod ff by rods h, which reach from post to post outside of the belt l).

The lay of the rope ou the receiving-reel O is regulated by a double screw, which is accurately represented in Fig. 4, which is alongitudinal view of it. This screw receives a rotary motion by being geared to the shaft of the receiving-reel, and is traversed from end to end by a vibrator e, Figs. 5 and 6, which is hung in the yoke or frame n, which carries the roller N, the frame n sliding on ways attached to the sides of the reel-box or frame I. The vibrator e is hung in the yoke n in such a manner as to allow it to turn to take the opv posite lead at the end of the screw, which it is made to do by striking against the collar at each end of the screw.

Fig. 7 is an elevation of the same machine, excepting some changes in that part of it which takes the rope from the laying-block. The parts and their arrangement to the left of the line Y Y are consequently supposed to be similar. Fig. 8 is a vertical longitudinal section of the machinery 'for drawing oil the rope, it being in the position represented in Fig. 7. A' is the Wheel by which the rope is drawn. Its face is hollowed and milled, and the rope passes round it and is discharged into the cylinder B made for the purpose of receiving' it. The rope is pre- Vented from slipping` on the. Wheel A by a roller C', which is adjusted and kept tightby the action of the spring D', which arrange ment keeps the rope tight around the Wheel and effectually prevents its slipping.

Fig. 9 is a vertical transverse section of the machine to the right of the line Z Z, showing the gearingl for driving the endless screw E', which worksfinto the wheel F on the shaft of the wheel A. Gr is a stationary Wheel made fast to the post Q. Il is an intermediate Wheel attached to an adjustable arm I', and meshes into hot-h the statonarywheel G and the wheel J on the shaft of the endless screw E. When it is necessary to change the speed of the wheel A. it is done by removing' the wheel J and putting in its place a larger 0r smaller wheel (as the case may require) and adjusting the wheel H to it.

lVhat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Regulating the speed of the receiving-reel by the tension of the rope, substantially as herein described.

HEZEKIAH T. JENNINGS. CHARLES S. COLLIER. THOMAS P. HOW. lVitnesses:

MILTON W. LINCOLN, VOLNEY C. BARROP. 

